THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 510, 29 May 1869, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I. —Town Lettes. Posted at any Post-office within the colony from delivery at or from such Post-office— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Onepenny Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding ohe oanee I ... Twopence For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... ... Twopence. 11. Country Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony for delivery at or from any other Post-office within the same province— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopeuce. Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce Fourpence. For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence 111.—Inteui'llOVixcial Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colon} for delivery at or from any Post-office in ar/ other province within the colony— Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence. Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce Sixpence. For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... ... mxpence

NEWSPAPERS. Forplaces within the colony, the Australian Colonies, and the United Kingdom, r : a Suez aud Southampton, are chargeable wfifi a rate of one penny. Newspapers foi the United Kingdom, via Panama or Suez, one penny; Dud Marseilles, threepence each. In consequence of newspapers being frequently posted in packages of more than one number, the same are detained at the Chief i Post-office, and attention is called to the following postal regulation:— " Newspapers for transmission within the colony shall be posted in single numbers, so put up that the date of publication may be readily seen. Packages of newspapers consisting of more than one number shall be treated as bookpaekages.